Climate Change
Liverpool Arab Arts Festival 2021: Call for Proposals
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Liverpool Arab Arts Festival (LAAF) is inviting proposals for our 2021 festival. The festival will be held Friday 16 – Sunday 25 July, 2021.
The devastating impact of climate change is being felt across the world. Global warming is fuelling extreme weather events, rising sea levels, intense heat, natural disasters, environmental degradation, food and water insecurity, mass migration, and conflict.
These consequences are already daily experiences for many within the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.
Our 2021 festival will respond to how climate change is impacting MENA communities who are already experiencing the destruction of their environments and land due to conflict and colonialism.
PROPOSALS
We welcome proposals from artists from or based in the MENA region, or artists across the globe with MENA or Arab heritage, that responds directly to, or are influenced by, issues related to climate change.
Examples include:
- The climate and environmental crisis within the Arab world
- Local and global issues related to conflict, colonialism or climate justice
- Works/ideas that increase awareness and encourage a global exchange of new ideas
- Works that imagine a more sustainable future
Proposals can be in any art form, including: dance, theatre, music, visual art, spoken word, or literature.
Outputs can include: live performances, events, artworks, exhibitions, workshops, public realm works, talks, panel discussions, young people’s activities, or digital activities.
We are strongly committed to promoting the inclusion of womxn, queer, Black Arab, and Deaf or disabled artists in our work.
We ask applicants to consider how they can minimise their environmental impact at every stage of their proposal.
The deadline for applications is Friday 4 December 2020.
Entry Fee:
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The Right to a Future: Fighting Climate Change MUSIC VIDEO
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Deadline: 30 November, 2020
Call for Videos: The Right to a Future: Fighting Climate Change Music Video
Learn more here: https://www.batesbelk.com/the-right-to-a-future-fighting-climate-change-music-video-call-for-entries
Sea levels are rising! Ice sheets are melting faster than ever! There are too many greenhouse gases! The Earth is on fire! Global temperatures are increasing rapidly! Weather patterns are out of control! Forests are being destructed! Animals are dying! People are dying!
What does the future hold? What will life be like for our young people, our communities and future generations? Will there even be a future? And if so, what kind of future will it be?
The year 2020 saw continued tremendous change with youth activists, school pupils and communities coming together across the planet to protest against the lack of climate leadership from world leaders and to underscore the sense of urgency of the severe climate crisis we are facing.
And this youth movement must continue in 2021 and beyond to keep pressure on all world leaders that can help reverse the detrimental effects of climate change.
New York City and Berlin-based record label BB3 Dynamics Records is going to create an educational music video called “The Right to a Future” to the accompanying music written by Berlin-based composer Bates Belk which is aimed at helping raise awareness and educating current and future generations about the importance of protecting the Earth’s environment now and in the future. To help us create “The Right to a Future” music video, we are asking people of all ages and languages from across the planet to send us their own videos of anything that they have filmed and recorded that shows their contribution and views on the importance of helping protect the Earth’s environment. Examples of videos that can be sent for this music video to help educate and raise awareness can be filmed recordings from people in countries all over the world of:
--powerful and emotional images filmed by you from climate strike protests
--active destruction images filmed by you of human beings destroying forests and oceans
--Factories emitting chemicals, smoke, toxic waste in the air and on the ground
--people enjoying parks, gardens, forests, mountains, beaches, lakes, oceans, deserts, farms, their own backyards
--people coming together to help save plants, land and animals from human destruction
--anything you have personally experienced and filmed wherever you are in the world that you feel demonstrates your part in climate protection no matter how big or small
--abstract and realistic visual art (photography, watercolor paintings, oil paintings, drawings etc.) created by you that reflects your climate protection vision and message
There is no right or wrong video to enter for this. It is your viewpoint wherever you are on the planet with whatever you have recorded and filmed. It is your experience and we want to share your unique experience, creativity views and visions in the music video that will then be distributed globally. You can be as creative and “out-of-the-box” as you want! We want you to! Do not hold back! Go for it!
Videos that get selected will then be edited together in Berlin, Germany to the song “The Right to a Future” written specifically for this project by composer Bates Belk that you can hear here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ad11DWldqWg) with the goal of raising awareness and educating current and future generations about the importance of protecting the Earth’s environment. You have a message and we want to share your message! We want you to be part of this!
The final music video in early 2021 will then be:
--globally distributed via VEVO YouTube, Amazon, Apple Music, Vimeo and Tidal with much coverage in Europe, North America, Australia and Asia
--have specific distribution in Africa and South America
--sent to classrooms and educational facilities in countries and communities across the planet for inclusion in future environmental protection lessons for our youth
***Conditions of Submission of Your Video***
--Deadline for submission is 30 November 2020.
--There is NO entry fee.
--Videos can be any length you so choose…however just know that we will be editing many videos down to fit a short timeline for a cohesive storyline with the accompanying Bates Belk music. So, any video filmed by you between .10 seconds and 2 or 3 minutes should be fine. Again, any video that gets sent in will be edited down to fit the music and other videos sent in.
--If your video is selected, you will have your name in the “credits” section at the end of the video.
--There is a “Video Release Form” that you need to fill out and sign here. This is to ensure that BB3 Dynamics Records has the formal approval by you to use your video in “The Right to a Future” music video, but please note that you still own your video and that you may still use your video you have recorded and sent to BB3 Dynamics Records for other projects you so choose. The video you send in is a “non-exclusive” right and you still own your video.
DOWNLOAD HERE: https://www.batesbelk.com/bb3/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/The-Right-to-a-Future-Release-Form.pdf
--We will let you know in December 2020 if your video has been selected and will share the final edited music video with you in early 2021.
--Send (1) your video and (2) the filled out and signed “Video Release Form” to bb3dynamics@gmail.com
Help us spread the word within your communities, with your friends, with your families, your colleagues and associates where you work, in your schools and your classrooms!
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Earth
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ZEST Hall is a virtual gallery hosted by Round Lemon. We aim to contribute even more to the cultural life by organising an exhibition once every three months. Every show will last 12 weeks. The submissions will be open 6 week before the exhibition launch, and will close after 4 weeks.
CURRENT EXHIBITION: EARTH (September 28th - December 28th 2020)
Theme: Earth
The purpose of this show is to make a selection of artists from all around the world that associates their practice with Earth, including artworks that conceptualise ethical issues about ecology, climate change (e.g. waste, pollution, recycling, natural resources), animal rights, world cultures, religion and beliefs (e.g. extra-terrestrial), immigration, and human development. This exhibition opens on the 28th of September, 2020.
DEADLINE: Monday 7th September, at 12 noon BST.
Applications are welcome from individual artists, groups of artists, art collectives, etc. (must be at least 18 years old). Participation in the exhibition is through a selection process. Artworks are selected based on relevance to the theme, quality and artistic integrity. Artists are invited to submit up to 3 pieces of work.
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Sea of Change
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The Virginia Beach Art Center invites you to submit to our a showcase of all media artwork from the Mid-Atlantic states. There is beauty in all the waterways that surround us, but our climate is changing and perhaps our lives as well. Artists from South Carolina to Pennsylvania celebrate our present and warn of our future.
The exhibition is juried by Gary Ryan, Executive Direcetor of the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, and features an award total of $2000! The opening reception is September 4th, 6-8 pm.
The Virginia Beach Art Center is a popular venue for local and regional art, with a loyal following of patrons as well as a high daily visitor count. We invite you to join our art family for the month of June and help us bring attention to the crisis that our oceans face. This exhibition will be both hung in the Gallery and also featured as an online exhibition on our website.
A total of $2000 in cash awards will be given.
Best in Show: $750
Award of Excellence: $500
Award of Merit: $250
Most Creative: $200
3 Honorable Mentions: $100
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ARAC ART & RESIDENCY
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OPEN CALL 2020
ARAC ART & RESIDENCY
Bucharest, Romania for international artists
Deadline for application: 13th July, 2020.
Quick details: 1 artistic residency,1/2 month duration in Bucharest (3rd August – 12th September, 2020)
The Romanian Association of Contemporary Art (ARAC) in Bucharest, Romania is offering a residency opportunity for an artist to freely develop artworks for an exhibition in Bucharest.
ARAC Art & Residency aims to introduce international artists and curators to the Romanian cultural environment. During its two-year programme starting in 2020, the project will feature artistic residencies, exhibitions, video & performance focused events and talks.
The themes of this year’s residency and of the programme at large, are focused on climate change, migration and technology development. Applicants are welcome to choose just one of the three main themes and are invited to ask for more details from the organizers before submitting their application, by writing their enquiries to our email.
ELIGIBILITY
The residency is opened to artists of all ages, working in any medium of contemporary art, from all around the world. The selection committee – a panel of contemporary art curators and artists – will review the applications and select the successful candidates in one session.
The successful candidate is supposed to reside and work in Bucharest for six weeks. At the end of the artistic residency period, the artist is expected to organize an exhibition at Anca Poterasu Gallery with the newly produced works.
The artistic residency will take place between 3rd August – 12th September, 2020.
The resulting exhibition will open in the first two weeks of September 2020.
(The final dates will be set with the successful candidate)
The applicants should be able to speak English fluently and should be flexible in interacting and engaging in an honest communication with the local community and ARAC team.
HOW TO APPLY:
In order to successfully apply for the ARAC ART & RESIDENCY, the applicants should provide the following documents in English:
- updated resume/ CV
- comprehensive portfolio (A4, PDF format, not more than 10 Mb; video works or documentation in AVI, WMV or QuickTime format should be up to 500mb in total). For a more fluent sending procedure, we recommend that you use free transfer services like Dropbox.com or Wetransfer.com .
- project-proposal containing your directions of work during the residency period in Romania.
DEADLINE:The deadline for the application is: July, 13th 2020, hours 24.00. No entry submitted after this date will be considered.
Results: The successful applicants will be announced the latest by July, 20th 2020.
Contact: For inquiries regarding the program, please contact us at the e-mail
FORMS OF SUPPORT
The residency will take place in Bucharest, at the ARAC residency, situated on 58, Plantelor Street. The residency space is located in the premises of a 19th century inn, near the Old Centre of Romania’s capital-city and in 5 minutes walking distance to Anca Poterasu Gallery on 26 Popa Soare street. The local spirit has been kept alive in this vibrant neighbourhood, where one can experience the many layers and parallel histories of Bucharest. The team members and staff of ARAC will closely assist and work together with the selected applicant all throughout the residency period.
BASED ON A CONTRACT, THE ORGANIZER WILL COVER:
- Travel fees (meaning 2-way airfare from the country of origin to Romania);
- Private accommodation and studio with free wi-fi. The studio is located 5 minutes walking distance from the exhibition space of Anca Poterasu Gallery. It comprises a 25m2 furnished room, with its own bathroom and kitchen space. More images of the space will be made available soon on www.arac.ro
- The artist will receive a personal stipend of approximately 1300 euro (6589 RON) residency duration, that should cover the living expenses;
- €1000 separate budget for art production is available for new works and for the instalment of the residency exhibition.
The travel insurance and medical insurance are part of the responsibility of the selected candidate.
The residency programme is part of a wider 2-year project that will encompass in total 4 open-calls for artists and curators. During 2020-2022 we will organize additional events, exhibitions and talks and the soon-to-be announced Insomnia Nights&Days screenings.
This project is financed with the support of EEA Grants 2014 – 2021 within the RO-CULTURE Program.
The EEA Grants represent the contribution of Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway towards a green, competitive and inclusive Europe.
There are two overall objectives: reduction of economic and social disparities in Europe, and to strengthen bilateral relations between the donor countries and 15 EU countries in Central and Southern Europe and the Baltics.
The three donor countries cooperate closely with the EU through the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA). The donors have provided €3.3 billion through consecutive grant schemes between 1994 and 2014. For the period 2014-2021, the EEA Grants amount to €1.55 billion. More info on: www.eeagrants.org and www.eeagrants.ro
RO-CULTURE is implemented in Romania by the Ministry of Culture through the Project Management Unit. The Programme aims at strengthening social and economic development through cultural cooperation, cultural entrepreneurship and cultural heritage management. The total budget amounts to 29 million EUR.
Climate Change: What Will You Do To Help?
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The Oxford Arts Alliance is having a national juried exhibition in September called "Climate Change: What Will You Do To Help?". We're asking artists to respond to one or more of these questions with your art:
What can you do?
What will you do?
What are you doing?
What if we don’t?
Our juror for this themed exhibition is Emily Rosmus of the Ned Smith Center. Emily joined the Ned Smith Center in January 2019 and serves as the Education Coordinator, scheduling and leading educational programs aiming to bring art and nature together in a way that benefits both. She obtained a B.S. degree in Biology and a minor in Fine Arts from Saint Francis in Loretto, PA in 2014 and discovered her passion for environmental education shortly thereafter. She has always enjoyed the arts, dabbling in sketching, photography, and watercolor, and finds the Ned Smith Center a perfect environment to bring her two passions together and encourage others to do the same. She and her husband, Travis, recently bought their first home in Dauphin, PA, and live with their dog, Clara. When not working, she enjoys hiking, reading, running, and making sure Clara is living her best life.
Deadline: Friday, July 17th, 2020
Opening Reception: Friday, September 18th, 5-8 pm
TBA based on sponsorships/grants
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